Cascade CMS User Guide

Working with Images

﻿Copyright Note

As a reminder, editors should only use images for which Brandeis holds the copyright (taken by the university photographer) or stock images that they have purchased rights to use. We recommend iStockphoto. It is affordable and has a substantial database of images.

Image Sizing

Images should be resized to the correct dimensions needed on your site. Do not upload large files (multiple megabytes). We recommend Adobe Photoshop for resizing images. This software can be acquired through LTS. Faculty and staff can download it for free for use on university-owned computers.

You may use the following as a quick reference for your images:

Main Content Images

Inline horizontal image width: 400 pixels

Captioned horizontal image width: 200 pixels*

Captioned vertical image width: 115 pixels*

Horizontal slideshow images: 397 pixels wide by 266 pixels high

Vertical slideshow images: 266 pixels high (width may vary but should not exceed 397 pixels)

*If you are placing an image on a page through the Captioned Image area, the CMS will automatically resize it to a width of 200 pixels (for horizontal images) or 115 pixels (for vertical images) so that the caption renders correctly. Be sure to resize your image to one of these widths before uploading it so that the image is not distorted.

Sidebar Images

Images placed in the sidebar are meant to be small and not detract from the main content area.

Width: No more than 75 pixels if text will wrap around the image

Width: No more than 115 pixels if text will appear above or below the image

SlideshowImages

The slideshow is 397 pixels wide by 266 pixels high. A black background is applied to vertical images, which should also be resized to 266 pixels high. Images that are not resized to these dimensions will look blurry or distorted in the slideshow.

Image Color Format

Images must be in RGB color format. If you upload an image and see a text error instead of the image in View/Preview, you may have uploaded an image in CMYK color format.